mentionner
French
Etymology
- Derived from mention + -er. Compare Italian menzionare, derived the same way.
- Alternatively, the term could have been borrowed from Italian menzionare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne/
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Verb
mentionner
- to mention
Conjugation
Conjugation of mentionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mentionner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mentionnant /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mentionné /mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | mentionne /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ | mentionnes /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ | mentionne /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ | mentionnons /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ | mentionnez /mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne/ | mentionnent /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ |
| imperfect | mentionnais /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ/ | mentionnais /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ/ | mentionnait /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ/ | mentionnions /mɑ̃.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ | mentionniez /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nje/ | mentionnaient /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mentionnai /mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne/ | mentionnas /mɑ̃.sjɔ.na/ | mentionna /mɑ̃.sjɔ.na/ | mentionnâmes /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nam/ | mentionnâtes /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nat/ | mentionnèrent /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | mentionnerai /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁe/ | mentionneras /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁa/ | mentionnera /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁa/ | mentionnerons /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | mentionnerez /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁe/ | mentionneront /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mentionnerais /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | mentionnerais /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | mentionnerait /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | mentionnerions /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | mentionneriez /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ | mentionneraient /mɑ̃.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | mentionne /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ | mentionnes /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ | mentionne /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ | mentionnions /mɑ̃.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ | mentionniez /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nje/ | mentionnent /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | mentionnasse /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nas/ | mentionnasses /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nas/ | mentionnât /mɑ̃.sjɔ.na/ | mentionnassions /mɑ̃.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | mentionnassiez /mɑ̃.sjɔ.na.sje/ | mentionnassent /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mentionne /mɑ̃.sjɔn/ | — | mentionnons /mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ | mentionnez /mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- susmentionné
Further reading
- “mentionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.